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#358 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to forgive, pardon, excuse

Examples

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Forgive me, I did not understand.

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She forgave him everything.

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I will never forgive such an act.

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He asked his father for forgiveness.

, ?

Excuse me, do you speak Esperanto?

Two patterns, both correct: you forgive the person with , or the offence with . and are both heard, and neither will get you into trouble. As a standalone ! it does the work of both sorry and excuse me, so it is the single most useful word to have ready at a congress. Pardono is the noun; is to apologise.

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This word is part of lesson 8.